Preslia
(named in honour of C. B. and I. S. Presl, of Prague, authors of "Flora Sicula," 1818, "Flora Cechica," 1819, and other works). ORD. Labiatae. A monotypic genus. The species is a hardy, prostrate, perennial herb, allied to Mentha. It thrives in any moist soil, and may be readily increased by divisions.
P. cervina (stag). fl. pale purplish, disposed in dense, many-flowered, axillary whorls, which are rather shorter than the floral leaves; calyx tubular, equal, four-toothed; corolla tube included, the limb equal and four-parted. June to August. l. sessile, linear, obtuse, quite entire, dotted, somewhat fascicled in the axils. Western Mediterranean region, 1684. SYN. Mentha punctata.